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Obj. ID: 39461
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts
  MOIJA Benedictions Sheet for Esther Scroll, Italy, 1743 (?)

© Umberto Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art (IJAM), Photographer: Unknown, 2021

The benedictions and liturgical poems for Purim are written within arches and they are separated by columns. They are surrounded by a border of leaves frames. At the center of the lower margin, there  is a cartouche with an inscription of the owner, Ephraim del Monte dated 1742/1743.

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MOIJA Benedictions Sheet for Esther Scroll | Unknown
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Benedictions recited before and after the Megillah reading that are followed by two liturgical poems for Purim

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The inscription of the owner reads: "I bought it, Ephraim del Monte (literally in Hebrew: mi-he-har) [in] year 1742/1743 according to the minor counting"



קניו כספי כ[סף] אפרים

מההר יצ"ו שנת

ה’ת’ק’ג’ לפ"ק

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